‘Boston Blue’ Taps ‘The Wire’ Alum to Bring the Pilot Episode to Life

The team surrounding the Blue Bloods offshoot — Boston Blue — continues to grow by leaps and bounds. According to Deadline, the production has tapped Golden Globe, Emmy, and NAACP Award recipient, Anthony Hemingway, to serve as the director and executive producer behind the show’s premiere episode. With an incredibly impressive lineup of credits attached to his name, Hemingway has been tied to such titles as The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, The Wire, and Power. His work on the former garnered him copious amounts of praise, as he nabbed an Emmy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and more for his work behind the FX smash hit.

In 2012, Hemingway celebrated his feature-length directorial debut with Red Tails, a war film that showcased leading performances from Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard. In addition to Boston Blue, the helmer is keeping busy and preparing for a reunion with American Crime Story’s Ryan Murphy on the latter’s latest project, All’s Fair, on which Hemingway will direct and serve as an executive producer. He’s also involved with 20th and Hulu’s Hip Hop Cop, a series adaptation of Ron Stallworth’s memoir, The Gang’s of Zion, and will direct Omari Hardwick and the rest of the cast of the upcoming movie, No Right Way, which he will also co-pen and produce.

What Else Do We Know About ‘Boston Blue’?

Since its announcement just a few months ago, the pace has been quickening for Boston Blue as it looks to step up to the plate and fill the spot left by its predecessor. Moving from his long-time position in New York City to the titular Massachusetts city, Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan leaves his family ties behind and strikes out on his own. The detective will be walking into a semi-familiar scene, as the law enforcement ties in Boston are eerily similar to what they were like in New York — it’s just not Danny’s family at the center anymore.

It’s there that he’ll land a new partner, Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), whose grandfather, Ernie Hudson’s Reverend Peters, is the powerful patriarch of the family and the preacher behind the pulpit at a historic Baptist church within the city. Meanwhile, Psych alum, Maggie Lawson, will appear as the Superintendent of the Boston Police Department, Sarah Silver, who is Lena’s step-sister. A few more names in the family tree are yet to be revealed, but we expect them to come out of the woodwork any day now.